Your Setup?

So what's everyone HOME setup?

PC? Laptop? Network? Printer? Router/WAP/Modem?

lets get this party started!!

give specs on your PC/Laptop etc.

Internet Speeds etc.

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KoolTrix

GOOD GOD!!!
Everyone has nice computers/laptops and home networks..

I'm sorry I ever asked..

you can tell I dont make alot of money..

here's what I have..

Current:
Gateway P7811-FX
(17in LCD with full keyboard and numpad)
2.26ghz Intel Core 2 Duo (P8400) 3MB L2 Cache
4GB, 667MHz DDR3
512MB Nvidia GeForce 9800M GTS
64-bit Vista Home Premium
200GB with 500GB External and 200GB External
Logitec Wireless/Infrared Mouse
Labtec 2.1 Speakers
HP Photosmart C4280 All-in-One

Old:
eBay Ninja ATX Case
4GB DDR2
Intel 3.00ghz 1MB L2 HyperThread
Windows XP x64
(changing to Server 2003 for practice)
17inch Acer LCD Monitor
Logitech LX700 Keyboard + Mouse

Network:
Linksys (BEFSR41) Cable/DSL Router (4port switch)
Linksys () Wireless Access Point
Motorola (SB5120) SURFboard Cable Modem

So as you can see.. I don't make alot of money yet.. so I don't have any nice playtoys yet.. still going to setup a lil practice network in the basement..

I still need to pick up an extra laptop to put Linux on, an extra for Unix, an extra for mac. all for practice.

Mrock4

Built mine in Iraq back in 2007...

Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Processor
4GB RAM (3.2 usable..

)
680W PSU
Intel D975XBXLKR Intel Socket 775 ATX Motherboard
(2) 150GB drive (SATA)
(1) 750GB drive (SATA)
(1) 150GB Western Digital Passport external
(2) 500GB Western digital MyBook's
2 DVD burners..
GeForce 8800 GTS (640MB)
(2) 22" Sceptre monitors
Logitech G7 mouse, POS keyboard, DVI --> HDMI cable to our 42" LCD TV
+ a bunch of fans..

Runs windows, but with all the time I spend in ubuntu/BT4, I'd like to migrate to linux eventually. The downside is I do a fair amount of photo work, which is a bit more difficult for me to do on a nix platform.

I'm ready to upgrade to a nice laptop to break away from the desktop. I love my desktop and it runs flawlessly (and has since I built it), but I just want the mobility of a laptop back.

Tyrant1919

I guess all the cool, nerdy, and alcohol packin' women were in Rhode Island when I was growing up.

vCole

Tyrant1919 wrote: »

I guess all the cool, nerdy, and alcohol packin' women were in Rhode Island when I was growing up.

Apparently!

bighornsheep

deadpool287 wrote: »

The mere thought of that is very intriguing. Please entertain me.

Mike's FULL list of equipment would be very entertaining indeed. Especially if you've been around and you've seen his partial list of cisco equipment ONLY, and that was like a year ago....God knows what he has added since.

http://www.techexams.net/forums/ccnp/13564-do-you-turn-off-your-home-lab-when-not-using.html#post83162

ColbyG

Charter modem > 1811 > 3550 > HP Pro Curve something or other and Dell 2924

1242 WAP plugs into the 1811 for wireless also, then there's the lab, which is just tons of Cisco routers, switches and firewalls.

gorebrush

I'm game: -

PC: -

Dell 3008WFP 30" 2560x1600 TFT
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 3.2GHz
DFI X48 UT-T2R
8GB OCZ PC8500 5-5-5-15 RAM
Zotac GeForce GTX295
BFG 8600GTS OC for PhysX
Custom Water Cooling Loop for CPU + NB
Asus D1 Xonar
Lian Li A70B Case
Corsair 750W TX PSU
1 x 150GB WD Raptor X = OS
2 x Seagate Barracuda 320GB RAID-0 = Games
1 x 1.5TB Seagate = Storage
Roccat Kone Mouse
Logitech Wave Keyboard

16MB ADSL

Rack

4 x 2500 Routers
2 x 2950 Switches
2 x 3550 Switches
1 x 1900 Switch
1 x 2908-XL Switch

excalibur1814

PC:
Standard HP with Phenom X3 (Should have got a COre 2 Quad)
8Gb memory
2 x 1Tb 7200rpm 16mb Cached drives
Naff graphics but does Aero
Optoma HD70 Projector (118" screen)
Vista x64 Ultimate
VMWare

Laptop:
Standard A300 laptop
4Gb rammage
Vista x32 Business
VMWare

Other:
Asus R2h UMPC (XP Pro
Samsung Q1 Ultra (Xp Pro)
I really, really adore UMPC's.

Phone:
Touch HD

evanderburg

Symantec Gateway Security firewall, Cisco Aironet 1100 APs, Dell Gigabit 24 port switch, iMac G4 and MacBook Pro, Server 2008 box with 2TB space, Mac OSX Tiger Server with 1.5TB, Ubuntu server with 750GB, media PC is a shuttle XPS with a sempron processor and 1GB RAM, main desktop is a P4 Dual Core with an ATI Radeon 1950 Pro and 2GB RAM.

wd40

wd40 wrote: »

My Current setup:

Intel Core2Quad Q6600
4 GB generic ram

1 * 320 GB SATA Drive
1 * 80 GB SATA Drive
1 * 120 GB IDE "from my old PC"

Cheap Graphics Card: 7200GS

Gigabyte 3D Arura case

I'm planing to get
CoolerMaster V8 "CPU is not over clocked but it is really hot here + Folding@Home 24/7 increase the temp to almost 80 degrees.
V8 - Cooler Master
+
NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+ Overclocked edition "will be used for folding"
GeForce 9800 GTX+

I bought the V8 ... That thing is HUGE
and a GTS 250 Card

vCole

Little update:

Jordus

I wish i had your desk, F2B. That thing is sweet.

loxleynew

How is gaming on your dual screens? Ive always wondered that... Maybe play CoD and CS at the same time? :P

dynamik

What changed in the update? You cropped out all the alcohol bottles? C'mon, we all know what's really in your VitaminWater bottle

tiersten

Nothing says IT professional like a massive spindle of CDR/DVDR discs and a random stick of memory amongst your pens

arwes

Jordus wrote: »

I wish i had your desk, F2B. That thing is sweet.

Check Craigslist for Ikea desks, that's an Ikea Jerker. I was going to drive to Texas to buy one at the nearest Ikea, but found out they discontinued it. They replaced it with the Frederik which is nowhere near the desk the Jerker was/is.

evanderburg

FadeToBright,

I like your monitor arms. Your setup looks very sleek. No clutter.

jryantech

XClio Full-Size Case w/ dual external fans
EVGA Intel x58 Motherboard w/ Intel Core i7 920
PC Power&Cooling 620Watt Power Supply
6GB OCZ Triple Channel DDR3 RAM
EVGA 896MB GTX260 Video Card
2x 320GB WD Harddrives
2x Acer 22'' Wide Screen Monitors
Windows Vista 64-bit w/ score 5.9

UnixGeek

Clients:

My notebook - MacBook (Core 2 Duo 2GHz, 4GB RAM, 500GB HD) running Ubuntu 9.0.4 and OS X 10.5
Wife's desktop - Core 2 Duo 2GHz, 2GB RAM, 80GB HD running Windows XP Pro
Nokia N810
Nokia N800

Servers:

Production - Core 2 Duo 2.5GHz, 8GB RAM, 3 1TB HDs in a RAID 5 running CentOS 5.3, VMware Server 2
Lab #1 - Core 2 Duo 3GHz, 8GB RAM, 4GB CompactFlash running ESXi 3.5
Lab #2 - Dual Core Pentium 2.8GHz, 3GB RAM, 400GB HD Running CentOS 5.3 w/Xen

Wiring closet:

8-port gigabit Netgear managed switch
5-port gigabit Trendnet unmanaged switch
802.11n AP running DD-WRT
A couple 802.11g bridges running DD-WRT that will be replaced with cat6 runs soon

Internet:

3MB / 512K ADSL (It may be time to install a second line. I wish we could get faster out here!)
Dial-up and QNC backup connections

Lab Rack:

2610 w/2 WIC-1Ts
2612 w/2 WIC-2Ts
1750 w/WIC-2T, WIC-1ENET, VIC-2FXS
2 2502s w/an ancient IBM MAU
Catalyst 2950
Catalyst 5000 w/38 FE ports
SparcStation 20
A couple laptops
Miscelanous Soekris boxen
A couple Pentium 3 generation 1Us
24-port Nortel managed FE switch

NightShade03

Main Box:
- 3.02Ghz
- 4 GB RAM
- 3 x 160 GB HD
- 256 Nvida
- 3 x 19" LCDs

Laptops:
- IBM R61 (dual boot ubuntu/xp) also has 5 other O/S virtual, it's my mobile lab
- Dell 600m
- HP dv4000
- HP dv9000
- Compaq (custom built)

Lab:
- 2 x Emachines (upgraded internally) running Windows 2003
- 4 x Netvistas (old school) running Ubuntu, XP, Fedora, Windows 2000
- 2 x Cisco 2950
- 1 x Cisco 1900
- 3 x 17" LCD KVMed to different lab boxes
- 1 x 15.4" LCD for network management
- 4 x Virtuals (Tiger Sever, Win2k8, Win2k3, Ubuntu Server)

Internet:
- Verizon FIOS 20MB Down / 5MB Up

vCole

Some more pics of my sexy setup:

wd40

You might find this strange, but the first thing that I noticed is the jar filled with coins next to your picture ..

I have a similar thing here.

vCole

wd40 wrote: »

You might find this strange, but the first thing that I noticed is the jar filled with coins next to your picture ..

I have a similar thing here.

It was a vase from flowers my girlfriend had delivered to my work

Forsaken_GA

The one thing I see missing from all of these setups is the most important -

The Chair!

dynamik

Q9550 with 16GB. System drives in a mirror with a cheap six-drive stripe for VMs. Two 24", one 20" (portrait), and one 19" monitors.

loxleynew

Wow dynamik, That's a nice setup. Wish I had that.

vCole

loxleynew wrote: »

Wow dynamik, That's a nice setup. Wish I had that.

You don't want to touch his keyboard or mouse though after what he told me today

Tyrant1919

Dynamik, you're not supposed to tell people that kind of stuff. At least not for a couple years.

dynamik

Well, as embarrassing as that was, of all the women that could have said something, she's the one with the least damaging information

Seriously though, whatever I said was a joke. I would tell you, but you're probably imagining something much worse, and I think it's funnier that way.

Tyrant1919

It is indeed funnier that way. So it shall stay. Man I feel weird saying that.